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PUBLIC NOTICE IS hereby given that the Commissioners of the above named drainage district filed their Annual Financial Report of Commissioners in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Champaign County, Illinois, on the 30th day of November, 2016. Any objections to said report must be filed in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court within ten (10) days after the date of publication of this Notice.

NOTICE IS GIVEN of the death of Richard P. Kesler. The name and address of the representative and the representative's attorney of record are as stated below.

Claims may be filed against the estate on or before June 1, 2017, in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court, Champaign County Courthouse, Urbana, Illinois, or with the representative, or both. Any claim not filed on or before the date stated in this Notice is barred.

Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorneys at their respective addresses stated below within ten (10) days after a claim has been filed.

Notice is given of the death of ROBERT M. FRANCIS. Letters of Office as Independent Co-Executors were issued on November 23, 2016 to LAURA HOLLISTER of Urbana, Illinois, and JO ELLEN FRANCIS of Monticello, Illinois, whose attorneys are Webber & Thies, P.C., 202 Lincoln Square, P.O. Box 189, Urbana, Illinois, 61803-0189. Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court, Champaign County Courthouse, 101 E. Main St., Urbana, Illinois, or with the Representatives in care of their attorneys, or both, within six months from the date of the first publication of this notice. Any claim not filed within that period is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the Representatives and to the attorneys within ten days after it has been filed.

The estate will be administered without court supervi­sion, unless under Section 28-4 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/28-4) any interested person terminates independent administration at any time by mailing or delivering a petition to terminate to the Clerk.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court, Champaign County Courthouse, Urbana, Illinois, or with the independent representative, or both, on or before June 2, 2017, or if mailing or delivery of notice from the representative is required by Section 18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that notice. Any claim not filed by that period is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the independent representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.